Just found this hidden gem by Wade Needham here on LinkedIn How to Handle Safety System Paradoxes As you get promoted it's easier to take control, to control more of your world they said, well, ‘they’ were wrong. The easy answer to a complex or wicked problem is almost always wrong, if not … [Read more...] about How to Handle Safety System Paradoxes
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The Paradox of Helping
Feeling pretty chuffed that Rob Sams asked me to share this: First published here: http://dolphyn.com.au/the-paradox-of-helping/ The Paradox of Helping I had the privilege of attending the Lifeline Brass Blokes Awards in my hometown of Newcastle last night. The Awards recognise the spirit of … [Read more...] about The Paradox of Helping
Sexy Curves and the Paradox of Risk
Sexy Curves and the Paradox of Risk Rob’s new Book: “Following-Leading in Risk” is a MUST READ if you think you already know about Leadership. CHECK IT OUT One of the modern myths of mechanistic safety is that injury rates have been coming down for the last 100 years. Presenters love to parade the … [Read more...] about Sexy Curves and the Paradox of Risk
No ‘Taming’ or ‘Fixing’ Wicked Problems
I see with amusement a recent discussion in safety about complexity complete with the mythical swiss-cheese, that some rule can ‘tame’ complexity. All such discussion ignores research on ‘wicked-problems’ that has been about since the 1960s. The idea of a ‘wicked problem’ first emerged from … [Read more...] about No ‘Taming’ or ‘Fixing’ Wicked Problems
Creativity, Discovery and Innovation in Risk
The ability to juggle ambiguity, paradox and uncertainty are essential to the creative process and innovation. Whenever I have been in a crisis and high-risk situation, and I’ve been in a few, the last thing one needs is an anxiety about certainty and control. The best innovation comes from those … [Read more...] about Creativity, Discovery and Innovation in Risk
The Risk, Learning and Resilience Continuum
One of the reasons why risk is a ‘wicked problem’ is because of the ambiguities and paradox embedded in every aspect of risk-taking, indeed, in living. For example, if risk is required for learning how can one learn by extinguishing it? If risk is eliminated, how can there be learning? The paradox … [Read more...] about The Risk, Learning and Resilience Continuum
What Is Safety?
SAFETY - What is the definition of safety? What does Safety mean to you? See also: Understanding Safety as an Archetype WHAT IS FUNNY ABOUT SAFETY? Read more here Safety is a temporary outcome of doing many, many transdisciplinary things well and is not a an explicit process or things that we … [Read more...] about What Is Safety?
What Happens When Safety is a Fixation
Any fixation or obsession is a sign of poor mental health. How strange that this industry of safety, encourages such extremism and dysfunction. I have written about how Safety encourages obsession before. https://safetyrisk.net/safety-as-a-mental-health-disorder-obsession/ … [Read more...] about What Happens When Safety is a Fixation
Video and Podcast on ‘Zero as an Immoral Goal’
For those that wish to understand the complexities of ethics and moral philosophy with regard to zero, then this video/podcast is for you: Zero as an Immoral Goal from CLLR on … [Read more...] about Video and Podcast on ‘Zero as an Immoral Goal’
Understanding Culture Differently
Any approach that seeks an understanding of culture requires a sophisticated sense of ‘knowing’ because, culture in itself cannot be defined or controlled like some would like. Indeed, in seeking to define (and control) Culture one already reduces it by a method of reductionism. That is, culture … [Read more...] about Understanding Culture Differently